Welcome!
please take a seat and get comfortable
@gdcfpday
Global Diversity CFP Day
Code of Conduct
👉 globaldiversitycfpday.com/events/17
be good to each other
The Mentors
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Today's Schedule
| Introductions | 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Video | CFP Advice | 10:20 |
| Exercise | Titles & Abstracts | 10:40 |
| Video | Crafting your Biography | 10:50 |
| Exercise | Bio Writing | 11:00 |
| Lunch | 12:00 | |
| Video | Your perfect tech talk | 12:15 |
| Exercise | Your talk outline | 12:30 |
| Wrapping up | 13:20 |
Call for Proposals Advice
from Raquel Velez
& Sarah Mei
@rockbot & @sarahmei
Exercise: Prepare a
title & an abstract
- What excites you?
- What annoys you?
- What do you want to learn?
Experiment with writing 3 different titles
Inspire curiosity
Tell a story
Insert a little FOMO
Use numbers (with this 1 weird trick!)
What will the audience get out of this?
Why should we go to your talk?
Crafting your Biography
with Danielle Barnes
@WomenTalkDesign
Team up and interview the person next to you.
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Use these answers to introduce the interviewee
Exercise:
Interviews
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What lights you up?
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What's the coolest thing you've accomplished?
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What's your background?
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What are some of your talk ideas? Why? Why you?
 - What's important about you that isn't on your resume?
Currently
Before that
Also
Exercise:
Write your bio
Your perfect tech talk
with Saron Yitbarek
@saronyitbarek
Exercise:
Structure your talk
Part 1: Story > Technical > Lesson
Part 2: Story > Technical > Lesson
Part 3: Story > Technical > Lesson
Present your talk proposal
- Your bio
- Title & synopsis
- Present your talk outline
Thanks for coming
Where to now?
- globaldiversitycfpday.com/cfps
- eventsbne.me/speak
- Attend a meetup!